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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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